Several major natural history museums in the US have featured Knight’s murals: detailed, colorful, and dynamic portrayals of dinosaurs and other ancient flora and fauna. Knight’s work also seeped into ...

The early dinosaurs all exhibited particularly fast growth, but they weren't alone in this, as similar growth rates were seen in several of the non-dinosaur reptiles as well.

Initially, early dinosaurs were vastly outnumbered by their reptile cousins. These included the ancestors of crocodiles, the pseudosuchians (an abundant group including enormous species up to 10 ...